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Even more fishing songs

Ed Godfrey
by Ed Godfrey
Published: Wed, August 12, 2009 12:00 AM Updated: Fri, June 14, 2013 2:41 PM
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ILLUSTRATION / Fishing Songs GRAPHIC WITH PHOTOS (TOP TO BOTTOM): 1) Robert Earl Keen, country music singer. 2) Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and her husband, country singer Brad Paisley, arrive at the Sony BMG Post-Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) 3) Cast members from "The Andy Griffith Show" pose in this undated photo. From left, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor and Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor. A bronze statue of Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie from "The Andy Griffith Show" will be installed at Raleigh's Pullen Park. The Raleigh City Council agreed Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003 that the popular park just west of downtown Raleigh is the best place for the statue, which the cable network TV Land plans to install and maintain.(AP Photo/Viacom, file) 4) RECORD / BING CROSBY AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG / GONE FISHING / LP 5) Louis Armstrong, musician 6) DEATH: Bob Hope, right, and Bing Crosby take a break during a recording session in Hollywood in 1958. Hope died late Sunday July 27, 2003, at his home in Toluca Lake,Calif. He was 100. (AP Photo) 7) Alison Krauss arrives at the 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) 8) CHILD / KID / BOY / FISHING BY CHRIS SCHOELEN, THE OKLAHOMAN
ILLUSTRATION / Fishing Songs GRAPHIC WITH PHOTOS (TOP TO BOTTOM): 1) Robert Earl Keen, country music singer. 2) Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and her husband, country singer Brad Paisley, arrive at the Sony BMG Post-Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) 3) Cast members from "The Andy Griffith Show" pose in this undated photo. From left, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor and Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor. A bronze statue of Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie from "The Andy Griffith Show" will be installed at Raleigh's Pullen Park. The Raleigh City Council agreed Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003 that the popular park just west of downtown Raleigh is the best place for the statue, which the cable network TV Land plans to install and maintain.(AP Photo/Viacom, file) 4) RECORD / BING CROSBY AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG / GONE FISHING / LP 5) Louis Armstrong, musician 6) DEATH: Bob Hope, right, and Bing Crosby take a break during a recording session in Hollywood in 1958. Hope died late Sunday July 27, 2003, at his home in Toluca Lake,Calif. He was 100. (AP Photo) 7) Alison Krauss arrives at the 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) 8) CHILD / KID / BOY / FISHING BY CHRIS SCHOELEN, THE OKLAHOMAN

I still get emails about my list of Top 10 fishing songs that was published in The Oklahoman last summer.
My top 10 are these:
1. The Five Pound Bass by Robert Earl Keen
2. I’m Going to Miss Her by Brad Paisley
3. Fishing Blues by Taj Mahal
4. The Crawdad Song
5. The Fishing Hole: Theme to The Andy Griffith Show
6. Gone Fishing by Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong
7. Fisherman by Casey Ashley
8. Beer, Bait and Ammo by Kevin Fowler
9. Fishin’ In The Dark by the Nitty Gritty Dirty Band
10. Catfish Boogie by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Catfish Boogie is my new No. 10. I had Catfish John by Alison Kraus as No. 10 last year before a colleague of mine introduced me to Catfish Boogie, a song recorded by the ole’ Pea Picker in the 1950s.

I gave honorable mentions to Cletus Take the Reel and A Country Boy Can Survive by Hank Williams Jr.

In the past year, I’ve gotten a few emails from readers informing me of other fishing songs that I missed.
The most recent was from Randy Hancock, who said he just compiled a CD of fishing songs for a friend who is an avid angler. His suggestions for fishing music includes:
A Bad Day’s Fishing by Slim Dusty
Bad Fish by Jack Johnson
Betty’s Got A Bass Boat by Pam Tillis
Brother Bear Fishing Song by Phil Collins
Catch All The Fish by Brad Paisley
Cold Beer And A Fishing Pole by Trent Wilmon
Cottonwood Tree by Craig Morgan
Da Fishing Trip by Da Yoopers
Drive by Alan Jackson
Fish On The Sand by George Harrison
Fishin’ Hole by Dick Nolan/Roy Payne
Fishing Song by Elvin Bishop
Gone Fishin’ by Tom T. Hall
Hoyt Fishing Accident by John Boy/Billy
I Lobster But Never Flounder by Pinkard & Bowden
I Miss Mayberry by Rascal Flatts
If I Had A Boat by Lyle Lovett
Pray For The Fish by Randy Travis
Take Me To The River by Annie Lennox
The Fish And The Edsel by Jerry Clower
The Fishing Song by The Arrogant Worms
Three Little Fishes ( Children’s Song )
Too Drunk To Fish by Ray Stevens, and
The Great American Fisherman by Redneck Fred.

I found most of these on iTunes if you want to listen to some of them. And if anyone knows of any other good fishing music, please give me a shout.

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Ed Godfrey

Ed Godfrey was born in Muskogee and raised in Stigler. He has worked at The Oklahoman for 25 years. During that time, he has worked a myriad of beats for The Oklahoman including both the federal and county courthouse in Oklahoma City for more... Read more ›

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